![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/artists-work-tells-story-of-fleeing-war-in-ukraine/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cfffdf90-5ea9-11ed-95e7-21d8344b51a1.jpg&description=Image source, Graeme RobertsonImage caption, Oleksandra Novatska found it difficult to return to her art after fleeing UkraineAt a glanceArtist Oleksandra Novatska fled the Ukraine with her daughter Anna and ended up in DumfriesAt first she found it impossible to resume her work but now she has found the inspiration for an exhibition in the townIt draws on her home country's rich history for producing embroidered towels to tell her storyThe exhibition will be open in Dumfries until FridayArtist Oleksandra Novatska and her daughter Anna were among the tide of people who fled Ukraine at the start of the Russian invasion.From their home in Lviv they ended up in Dumfries in the south of Scotland.Before the conflict, she was renowned for her watercolours of flowers but struggled to return to her art in her new homeland.However, slowly but surely she started to produce new work which forms the basis of an exhibition now being held in the town.It tells the story of her journey - like that of many others - in which she packed her whole life into the boot of a car and headed into the unknown.The exhibition celebrates the Ukrainian tradition of embroidering towels through a series of scrolls.Image caption, The exhibition is open in Dumfries and runs until FridayMs Novatska said it was still hard for her to speak about the situation she highlighted through her art."It is difficult to tell the story, every time it brings me to tears," she said."Thinking about it some moments are happy because I am safe and some moments are also very hard and difficult because I understand nothing good is going on in Ukraine."Psychologists say that when you talk about the pain you have, it starts to be easier."So I am thinking that telling people what we are feeling - because I am not alone with my feelings here - maybe it will make it easier."Image caption, A series of scrolls, drawing on the tradition of embroidered towels, tells the artist's storyShe said the south west of Scot){kind=link}
Oleksandra Novatska found it difficult to return to her art after fleeing Ukraine
At a glance
Artist Oleksandra Novatska fled the Ukraine with her daughter Anna and ended up in Dumfries
At first she found it impossible to resume her work but now she has found the inspiration for an exhibition in the town
It draws on her home country’s rich history for producing embroidered towels to tell her story